Gamestop stores in different parts of Charlotte were robbed Tuesday night. It is not clear if the same suspect was involved in the cases, which happened about 45 minutes apart -- one in the University City area, the other near the Charlotte-Matthews line. The first robbery happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. at the Gamestop store in the 8900 block of J.M. Keynes Drive, off W.T. Harris Boulevard
Funeral services are pending for a Gaston County woman who was killed in a two-vehicle wreck late Monday in eastern Kentucky. Authorities say they aren't sure why the victim, Betty Jo Randolph, 61, of Bessemer City, was even in Kentucky. She had left home about nine hours earlier to pick up items from the grocery store near Lincolnton, family members told police. Authorities said they suspect
Matthews police say they still don't have answers to what caused damage at Butler High School and set off a lockdown at the school last Friday. There were no incidents Monday at the school. But last Friday afternoon, the school was put on lockdown after a projectile shattered a glass window at the front of the school. Police and school officials initially were concerned that someone had shot a
Mecklenburg County A man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he lost control of his truck and crashed into a fence, authorities said. Officers did not release the name of the man Wednesday night because they hadn't yet notified his family. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, on Lake Road off Statesville Road in northern Charlotte. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's traffic
Kathy Womble says friends coming for a visit sometimes drive right past their house on Magnolia Drive, off South Boulevard. "They can't see our house," Womble says, laughing. "We're obscured." The Wombles live at 510 Magnolia Drive, in Charlotte's Olmstead Park community. Their one-story, two-bedroom house is surrounded on either side by two-story houses, built in the last two years, that have
Still missing answers to the biggest questions surrounding the death of 12-year-old Joshua Jackson last Sunday, his family and friends settled for faith and hope Saturday during the youth's funeral at a northeast Charlotte church. "We have to make a positive impression in the world, in the time we're given," said the Rev. Kevin Wright, who delivered the eulogy during a 90-minute service at
While all eyes are on the 1 vs. 2 showdown tonight between Memphis and Tennessee †the biggest game of the college basketball season before March †this also is the sixth annual BracketBusters weekend.
No injuries were reported this afternoon after some type of projectile was fired through a window at the front entrance of Butler High School in Matthews. Matthews police Sgt. Dave Harrington said authorities are not sure if the projectile was a bullet. The school was put on lockdown immediately after the incident, which happened about 1:30 p.m. Dismissal was delayed a half-hour until 2:45 p.m.
Chelsey Lee won't have to wait until she suits up for Rutgers next season to make her national television debut. The 6-3 center from Parkway Academy was one of 24 players selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Girls' Basketball game March 26 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The seventh annual showcase featuring the top seniors in the nation will be broadcast live on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
LAKELAND | Eighth-ranked Tallahassee North Florida Christian used its significant advantage in size and experience to steamroll past No. 4 Hollywood Christian, 57-34, Thursday morning in the semifinals of the 2008 FHSAA Class 2A Girls Basketball Finals at The Lakeland Center.
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